Apple iPhone 3GS 32GB AT/T Review

The bottom line: The iPhone 3GS doesn't make the same grand leap that the iPhone 3G made from the first-generation model, but the latest Apple handset is still a compelling upgrade for some users. The iPhone 3GS is faster and we appreciate the new features and extended battery life, but call quality and 3G reception still need improvement.

Specifications: Band / mode: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900 ; Talk time: Up to 600 min ; Combined with: With digital camera / digital player / GPS receiver
The good: The iPhone 3GS finally adds common cell phone features like multimedia messaging, video recording, and voice dialing. It runs faster; its promised battery life is longer; and the multimedia quality continues to shine.

The bad: The iPhone 3GS' call quality shows no improvements and the 3G signal reception remains uneven. We still don't get Flash Lite, USB transfer and storage, or multitasking.

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LG Electronics introduced its first Google Android

LG GW620

(Credit: LG)

On Monday, LG Electronics introduced its first Google Android handset, the LG GW620, which is set to hit select European markets in Q4 2009. The Korean consumer electronics company wasn't too forthcoming with device details, but we do know that the smartphone features a 3-inch ...

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The REAL truth about Storm vs Storm2 and OS!!! Check this out!!!

OS wise:
In US, some carriers only got to test .122 three weeks ago. In the UK that was available months ago. Just FYI .193 is being tested right now.

Storm vs. Storm2
Why do you think storm2 is already near a hard device???? The original storm has flaws in the hardware, this is why some OS's work on screen rotation (the over all feel of the device(i.e. scrolling typing etc..)) and some on "application works.” The chipset simply cannot cope with both things at once.

Have you not noticed that when you get a "leak" it either is really slow at interfaces but fast web browsing (for example), but when you get a "leak" that has a faster interface you get slower web browsing(again for example).

This is also the reason RIM said no to wi-fi (not the carriers as it has been stated previously), in the initial few months of testing it with the wi-fi it was a total flop. It was only then that RIM and the carriers said wi-fi is not really that important. The military use their own gps/3G system and the carriers simply made appropriate data plans.

I personally think this is why RIM is dragging there feet in giving another official OS. If the one they release is no good how bad of a reputation is that going to give them!!! I think RIM is going to hold everyone out till September and let you trade the old one in. Again, not 100% sure about this but very possible.

In regards to comparing storm to the iphone, we did not need or look at this device as an iphone. The problem is though the fact that this phone WAS supposed to be "the iphone killer.” If you have ever used an iphone you will see it is very fluent in its user interface. It can also handle software applications. This is where RIM IS struggling. There product simply is made from hardware that cannot handle what they expected it too. As a military output, they use the device for its hardware. The current version military has is also a revised version and the software is very slow on the interface side. However it can take almost any software and most hardware devices we throw at it. Although, a personal average user finds it ok.

If rim did release this with .113 70% of people would like it. I know on the other hand that the hardware in an iphone is a lot more advanced than the 9530.

The storm2 is almost solely constructed from a military perspective. This is why RIM has gone and admitted "The first storm was trial and error.” RIM was advised that the current hard specification was not developed enough to meet exact standards that were set in the initial meetings. “We have now, with your help have revised our hardware and will soon be able to commit on the proposed contract." Did you know the storm2 was originally going to be called the 9530i, until the carriers said that they would be in to much trouble with people complaining???

Trust me the original storm was a failure from start. Yes it does do what you want it to do, and does this great, but compared to what it was supposed to be, not so well.
Personally I cannot wait for storm 2, the hardware in this "puppy" is going blow everyone’s socks off. LOL

When the coding for the storm was initially received, it was known that it was going to have the memory leak. It was suggested that RIM had to compensate for this in other areas. When it came to production the chipset with the larger memory on it was not "feasible". I do not know what they meant by this, as this is what I was told. I can tell you however that with the 4.xx applications memory leak will never be sorted. RIM was given the know how too make their servers so secure. That’s why you will find it near impossible to "hack" a BB. Even Obama has one!!!!!

The new copy and paste on the 9530 was not even written wholly by RIM, it was needed for another application!!!

Why do you think the screen is SOOOOOO scratch resistant? Sand blowing in the wind will scratch the paint of metal and damage "standard windscreens" but will not even slightly scratch the screen on a storm!!!!

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Easiest way to stream audio from my laptop to a receiver? Ask the Editors

Posted by Jeff Bakalar in Wednesday, January 14th 2009 under: Cellphone, Laptop, NoteBook Tags: Cellphone, Laptop, Review, Wireless

Jeff,

I’ve read your reviews of handphones that use a USB dongle to stream any and all audio to it wirelessly. Do you know an affordable (less than $60) way to do this and send audio to a receiver? I have a line in port that I’d love

Notebook laptop Apple MacBook Pro ( 2008 )

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custom ringtones on your iPhone 3G?

custom ringtones on your iPhone 3G?

custom ringtones on your iPhone 3G?

Iphone Apple Ringtones

Ok, the iPhone 3G is a pretty damned nice phone when you buy it, but let’s face it, the ringtone selection SUCKS. You can always buy ringtone capable songs from iTunes and pay an extra $.99 to snip a 30 second ringtone out of it, but what if you want a movie theme song, a cartoon show theme song from your years as a kid, or some funky sound effects you found on the web?

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Here’s what you do if you have a Windows machine, or have a 10.4.11 (Tiger) Mac. (If you want to use a full song that isn’t 40 seconds or less, you need to find software to crop the section you want. Any Mac can use GarageBand for this, and I am sure there are free Windows solutions as well. To ease the pain of this step, I just download pre-made ringtones in MP3 format and go from there.)

1. Find a ringtone. I personally get all mine from here at CrackBerry.com (it has to be 45 seconds or less)

2. Download the ringtone to your desktop

3. Open iTunes and go to your Preferences (might be called Settings on Windows) > Advanced Tab > Importing sub-tab > Find where it says “Import Using” and set it to AAC encoder.

4. On a Mac, double click it and it will automatically add to your iTunes library and start playing. On a PC, it will most likely open WMP automatically, so just drag it to your iTunes library.

5. Find the rintone you just dragged to your iTunes library and right click it, then select “Convert to AAC.”

6. It will create a duplicate of the ringtone in AAC format and should start playing it automatically.

7. Drag the file to your desktop. (Since the new AAC format ringtone starts playing automatically, it will have a speaker next to it, which makes it easy to determine which file you need to drag)

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iPhone Hacked Work Bluetooth Keyboard

iPhone Hacked Article By Erina Erica Sadun

The iPhone has been hacked in the past to use modified external keyboards, but new mods promise much more general interaction. Now, iPhone expert Ralf Ackermann has succeeded in supporting a standard Bluetooth keyboard using an external Bluetooth approach and is working on supporting an internal one.

Bluetooth Keyboard

For the external approach, Ackermann modified a Robotech Bluetooth module, which he placed in an iPhone battery sleeve and connected to the iPhone (serial) connector port at the bottom of the unit. This allowed the the phone to communicate directly with the the module using the Bluetooth serial port profile.

The external Bluetooth module on the left has been placed into an iPhone battery sleeve.

The external Bluetooth module on the left has been placed into an iPhone battery sleeve.

The whole thing works courtesy of Jay “saurik” Freeman’s Veency application. Ackermann used a tiny libvncclient to generate keyboard events, which were then passed to Veency. Veency then provided the keyboard event injection using the iPhone’s private Graphics Services framework.

Erica Says ” You can find out more about this external module project over at Ackermann’s blog. He’ll be posting schematics and code as he gets his site set up.

Ars readers may be more excited, though, by his work on a completely internal solution. Here, Ackermann discovered BlueSn0w, part of the iBluetooth project. BlueSn0w (yes, its name is apparently inspired by the iPhone dev team’s yellowsn0w) will scan for discoverable Bluetooth devices. According to this Flickr page, the module seems to enable the Bluetooth UART interface to communicate

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O2 XDA Zest best smartphone

O2 XDA Zest certainly seems to have hidden depths. A relatively compact Windows smartphone, the XDA Zest has a resolution VGA display, GPS, WiFi, 3.5G and support 3 megapixel camera.

The Zest support HSDPA provides download speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps, or alternatively you can use the device in the integrated WiFi connectivity. On the back is a 3 megapixel camera with autofocus with VGA resolution video calls camera on the front side. Annoyingly, is audio output through a mini-USB port instead of a standard 2.5 mm or 3.5 mm socket.

The Zest weighs 120.5 grams and measures 102 x 60.5 x 16.5 mm which is slightly larger than the original HTC Touch. The large 1300 mAh battery provides up to 3 hours and 9 Independence day standby on 3G. Inside is a 624MHz Marvell Tavor processor with 128 MB of RAM.

This is not an expensive - O2 XDA Zest will even be available to pay-as-you-go customers for € 250.

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